Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley addresses reporters at an Oct. 28, 2019, press conference at the Pentagon. DVIDS screenshot. US aircraft fired a heavy onslaught of ordnance from the air, including multiple AGM-158B Joint...
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President Donald Trump is joined by Vice President Mike Pence, National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien, left; Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, right, Oct. 26, 2019, at the White House,...
Participants conduct simulated space operations during a US Strategic Command-led space situational awareness tabletop exercise in 2016. STRATCOM is working with others in the military to decide which organization should be in charge of synchronizing non-kinetic effects, like those in...
Vice Adm. Chas Richard, the Navy's submarine forces commander who is nominated to lead US Strategic Command, speaks to the crew of USS John Warner (SSN 785) during an all-hands call Aug. 9, 2018. Navy photo by Spc. 1st Class...
In this Boeing concept image, two advanced F-15s show off heavy weapons loads. Illustration courtesy of Boeing.? The Air Force is warning lawmakers that extending the current continuing resolution will delay development of key weapons systems—most notably F-15EX production—and will...
President Donald Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, speaks Oct. 23, 2019, at the White House. White House Photo by Shealah Craighead The White House is lifting sanctions it imposed on Turkey about one week ago, after Turkey agreed...
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) questions senior military leaders during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, March 7, 2017. DOD photo by Sgt. James McCann. The House Armed Services Committee is standing up a panel to look at...
Defense Secretary Mark Esper meets with ?Air Force and Navy aviators during during a visit to Prince Sultan AB, in Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia, Oct. 22, 2019. DOD photo by SSgt. Nicole Mejia. Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Oct. 22...
Defense Secretary Mark Esper, on a visit to Afghanistan in October 2019, says the US will "temporarily reposition" forces from northeast Syria to outside of the country "until they return home." DOD photo via Twitter. As US forces withdraw from...
